Chapter 62

"Ah yes. The aerial stabiliser had gained the suffrages of Messieurs the Chiefs of the Aeronautique Francaise. I hope M. Jourdain's report to his Government will induce them to buy the patent. For, judging by the interest that the representatives of another Power seem to take in----" The Chief broke off. The smiling lines about his eyes and mouth had vanished as he queried: "Who is the lady my Scout over there is squiring? A superbly-shaped young woman, with hair of the fashionable terra-cotta shade. But for …